I am sure you are familiar with the Christmas Creep phenomena. You can’t miss it!
The basic principle of Christmas Creep is that each year Christmas celebrations begin earlier and earlier.
The cynical view is that retailers use the earlier Christmas season to maximize sales. I can’t imagine that works very well. People are going to buy a certain number of gifts, no matter when they start seeing Christmas displays. Right? For more on Christmas Creep read the Wikipedia article here.
There are some holdouts. The contrast between the holdouts and the creepers is evident at the nearby outdoor mall – The Grove. (more…)
